ctermid(3s)ctermid(3s)Name
ctermid - generate file name for terminal
Syntax
#include <stdio.h>
char *ctermid(s)
char *s;
Description
The subroutine generates the pathname of the controlling terminal for the current process, and stores it in a string.
If s is a NULL pointer, the string is stored in an internal static area, the contents of which are overwritten at the next call to and the
address of which is returned. Otherwise, s is assumed to point to a character array of at least elements. The pathname is placed in this
array and the value of s is returned. The constant is defined in the <stdio.h> header file. The difference between and is that must be
handed a file descriptor and returns the actual name of the terminal associated with that file descriptor, while returns a string ( ) that
will refer to the terminal if used as a file name. Thus subroutine is useful only if the process already has at least one file open to a
terminal.
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ctermid - Generates the pathname for the controlling terminal
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc.so, libc.a)
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdio.h>
char *ctermid( char *s);
STANDARDS
Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows:
ctermid(): XPG4, XPG4-UNIX
Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags.
PARAMETERS
Points to the array into which the ctermid() function copies the string representing the pathname.
DESCRIPTION
The ctermid() function generates a string that, when used as a pathname, refers to the current controlling terminal for the current
process. If ctermid() returns a pathname, access to the file is not guaranteed.
The ctermid() function differs from the ttyname() function in that the ttyname() function is supplied a file descriptor and returns the
actual name of the terminal associated with that file descriptor, while the ctermid() function returns a string (/dev/tty) that refers to
the terminal if used as a filename. Thus, the ttyname() function is useful only if the process already has at least one file open to a ter-
minal.
RETURN VALUES
If the s parameter is not a null pointer, it points to a character array of at least L_ctermid bytes. The pathname is placed in this array
and the value of the s parameter is returned. The symbolic constant L_ctermid is defined in the stdio.h header file, and has a value
greater than 0 (zero).
If the s parameter is a null pointer, the string is stored in an internal static area and the address is returned. The next call to the
ctermid() function overwrites the contents of the internal static area.
If the pathname that would refer to the controlling terminal cannot be determined, or if the function is unsuccessful, the ctermid() func-
tion returns an empty string.
RELATED INFORMATION
Functions: ttyname(3)
Standards: standards(5) delim off
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